December 30, 2020 - Nasni Consultants

Self-deleting genes promise risk-free genetic engineering of mosquitoes

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:December 30, 2020
Post category:Science and Technology
Post last modified:December 30, 2020

Genetic engineering has been proposed as a way to deal with the deadly mosquito, and a new project by Texas A&M AgriLife Research is looking to enable risk-free "test runs" of such genetic changes that are automatically deleted after a period of time.

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The wildest concept cars of the year

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:December 30, 2020
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Auto shows may have screeched to a sudden halt in 2020, but that hasn't stopped design teams cutting loose with an array of futuristic four-wheeled creations.

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MTN Mobile Money ‘spiked during COVID-19 pandemic’

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:December 30, 2020
Post category:Technology
Post last modified:December 30, 2020

Technology Times

MTN Mobile Money (MTN MoMo) service accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic, the South African mobile phone group says. By the end of September 2020, nearly 42 million people were regularly transacting on MTN MoMo across 16 markets, the mobile group that owns MTN Nigeria says. “This compares to 38 million active users at the end […]

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A new frontier: The year in space, 2020

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:December 30, 2020
Post category:Science and Technology
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It's been remarkable year for space exploration, marked by a line up of ambitious new interplanetary missions, industry firsts, and the reemergence of the US in the field of human spaceflight.

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“Amazing” new species of flower discovered in 100-million-year-old amber

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:December 30, 2020
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The latest amber time capsule discovery comes from Oregon State University researchers who have identified a completely new, previously unknown genus and species of flower dating back 100 million years to the mid-Cretaceous period.

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LG boosts backlighting precision with new QNED Mini LED TV

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:December 30, 2020
Post category:Science and Technology Technology
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LG's new QNED Mini LED TV lineup, which it is introducing at CES 2021, essentially puts local dimming on steroids, packing nearly 2,500 dimming zones thanks to "almost 30,000" mini LEDs serving as the backlighting.

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Happy 11th Birthday, KrebsOnSecurity!

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:December 30, 2020
Post category:Cybersecurity
Post last modified:December 30, 2020

Today marks the 11th anniversary of KrebsOnSecurity! Thank you, Dear Readers, for your continued encouragement and support! With the ongoing disruption to life and livelihood wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic,…

Automated Hive Controller extracts honeycombs in half the time

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:December 30, 2020
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Beekeeping can be an arduous task, as keepers have to repeatedly bend over and lift wax/honey-laden honeycomb panels out of each hive. The Hive Controller is designed to help, by robotically lifting and collecting the honeycombs.

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Manta prepares to flight test a neat hybrid eVTOL/eSTOL prototype

Post author:Diran Taofeek Folami
Post published:December 30, 2020
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Post last modified:December 30, 2020

Switzerland's Manta Aircraft is working on a flexible hybrid-electric canard aircraft design that will be capable of VTOL or efficient STOL operations. A one-third scale model has been built, and the team is preparing for its first flight tests.

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